To have these features be universal across all device types would be so amazing. iPhone, android, Mac, and Windows should all have the ability to transfer files and stream media. It should be simple
Digital Living Network Alliance. It could’ve been great, if not for companies like Apple cannibalizing it.
You know bluetooth has been able to do just that since like 2005
Maybe, but it’s slow and much harder to use than how AirDrop works
And for android and also windows nearby share works very well, basically the same as airdrop
Bluetooth as a protocol sucks ass and that’s why no one uses it
At least there are good things such as BLE that come with bluetooth which saves a lot of hassle with embedded devices so Bluetooth is not all that bad
My girlfriend has an iPhone, and the storage is full. We’ve been trying to get all her pictures transferred off to delete some of the older ones off the phone and holy fuck is it a pain in the ass. Move them to her MacBook? Pain in the ass because of how they setup their Photos app. Move to a flashdrive via a dongle? Pain in the ass because it downloads from who knows where and fills the storage back up before I can start the transfer. Connect to my Windows PC? Lmao yeah right.
So far I’ve just gotten Immich to backup all her pics to my server but due to the amount on her phone it takes forever then bugs out and stops transferring.
iOS can eat my entire ass
Syncthing-Fork on a PC/Mac, Möbius Sync on the iOS device (it’s $5). Worth the five bucks. I keep multiple phones, hundreds of gigs syncing with Syncthing. It just works.
Edit: Syncthing-Fork is for Android, SyncTrayzor for Windows, Möbius for iOS, Syncthing for Mac.
iOS can eat my entire ass
Let’s rename it to iOAss
I tried to share a contact yesterday from Android to Apple. Quick share doesn’t work. QR code doesn’t work.
I had to get their phone number and send it over SMS in text. Ridiculous.
You can share a contact from your contacts app to any service - it’ll attach a vcard.
Works both ways. Yea, it’s harder than it should be, when Palm had this capability via infrared in 1996.
I wasn’t sure Apple would take a vCard, so after failing QR, I sent both the vCard and the info in plain text over SMS.
Harder than it should be. Android could have just done a QR code.
Knowing Apple, they’d likely make a bare bones functionality somewhat workable while making it more of a pita than it’s worth.
Local Send and Quick Share is the answer
Yay for local send! Anyone knows if there’s a way to use it while I have VPN on on one the devices ? I usually have to turn it off while sending things…
use split tunneling to exempt the app from using VPN connection.
My Hero!
It’s a part of Android and comes pre-installed if you are on a phone running the latest Android Version
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Share
I am not sure if it is a part of AOSP so custom Roms, or phone brands without Google apps support like Huawei, may not include it
the ending of the very first paragraph that you’ve linked answers that.
The Implementation Sucks
Android Beam was so much nicer to use
Nope they only work on the same wifi. They dont use bluetooth to find a device and then send files directly to eachother over wifi. They connect over a wifi router
Quickshare absolutely does find other devices over Bluetooth and then send the files over a direct wifi connection between the 2 phones. I’ve used it that way tons of times
Android and windows only though
You know you can just connect straight via bluetooth to the other phone
I too enjoy file transfer speeds measured in kilobytes per hour
The new Matter casting protocol should in theory reduce some of this proprietary-ness of Google’s Chromecast and Apple’s AirPlay
Yes, but actually no. Apple loves to create their own new thing regardless of existing standards, so I don’t see why they would ever integrate this when AirPlay exists. That’s why forcing them to open up their proprietary protocols is so important. Since they won’t adopt open standards, it would at least mean others could implement Apple’s.
Android Beam was so much cooler and easier to use than Quick Share
Apple should sell chips for that, :)
Did they eventually make the 5G modem or did they gave up and used a 3rd party modem in their phones? I’m sure Bluetooth and WiFi was not the issue in their modems, but no one is gonna buy them if 5G performs like crap while consuming way too much power.
I meant a chip for Airdrop and AirPlay :)
well yes, as it operates over WiFi and Bluetooth, the chip in question is the modem.
